desuetudo

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Latin

Etymology

From dēsuētus +‎ -tūdō, perfect passive participle of dēsuēscō, from + suēscō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēsuētūdō f (genitive dēsuētūdinis); third declension

  1. discontinuance of a practice or a habit, (law) desuetude

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative dēsuētūdō dēsuētūdinēs
genitive dēsuētūdinis dēsuētūdinium
dative dēsuētūdinī dēsuētūdinibus
accusative dēsuētūdinem dēsuētūdinēs
dēsuētūdinīs
ablative dēsuētūdine dēsuētūdinibus
vocative dēsuētūdō dēsuētūdinēs

Descendants

References

  • desuetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desuetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • desuetudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.